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12.21.06 Organization Builds Young Entrepreneurs and Sends Many to College, by Karina Rusk, KGO TV (about BUILD)

12.21.06 A Woman's Fight to Save the Poor From Black Fever, by Scott Brineman, Conservative Revolutionary American Party III (about Victoria Hale of Institute for OneWorld Health)

12.06.06 Silicon Valley Moguls Support Microlenders, Just Not in the U.S., by Lee Gomes, Wall Street Journal (featuring Eric Weaver of Lenders for Community Development)

12.05.06 All About the Business, by Adrian Hirsch, BusinessReport.com (featuring Bill Strickland of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild)

12.01.06 A Matter of Life and Death, by Michael Peel, FT.com (featuring Ann Cotton of CAMFED)

12.01.06 Doing Well by Doing Good, IEEE Spectrum (featuring Jim Fruchterman of Benetech)

12.01.06 43 Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World: Fast Company Social Capitalist Awards, Fast Company (features 11 Skoll Awardees)

11.30.06 Sowing the Seeds of Peace, by Kate Kelly, CBS 5.com (featuring Heidi Kühn of Roots of Peace)

11.29.06 Proof That Every Penny Counts, by Carolyn Johnson, ABC 7 (featuring Heidi Kühn of Roots of Peace)

11.26.06 Jefferson Award: Saving the world, one mine at a time, by Shelah Moody, San Francisco Chronicle (featuring Roots of Peace)

11.10.06 Seed money benefits small business entrepreneurs, by Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News (featuring Lenders for Community Development)

11.02.06 Silicon Insider: Social Entrepreneurs Could Help Monetize the Web, by Michael Malone, ABCNews.com (with focus on Muhammad Yunus)

11.02.06 The Politics of Change, Open Democracy (featuring John Elkington)

10.31.06 Skoll Foundation, Give2Asia Partner to Promote Philanthropy to Asia, Philanthropy News Digest

10.17.06 Seeing Is Believing, by Megan Johnston, Forbes.com (featuring Gillian Caldwell of WITNESS)

10.17.06 Social Entrepreneur Bill Strickland's 'Business' Puts People Back into Life, by Rosanne Skirble, VOA News.com (featuring Manchester Bidwell Corporation)

09.27.06 Righteous Carpet Making, by Susan Fornoff, San Francisco Chronicle (featuring Nina Smith of Rugmark)

09.21.06 RugMark Launches Campaign to End Illegal Child Labor in Rug Production

09.16.06 Dr. Victoria Hale Named MacArthur Fellow

09.16.06 Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman Receives 2006 MacArthur Fellowship

08.16.06 Hospitals Opting for Organic Local Foods, Treehugger.com (featuring Gary Cohen of HealthCare Without Harm)

08.16.06 New Skoll chairholder appointed, by Ken McGuffin, University of Toronto News

07.31.06 RugMark Rolls Out Campaign to End Child Labor, Furniture World Magazine (featuring Nina Smith of Rugmark)

07.31.06 A Small Charity Takes Lead in Fighting a Disease, by Stephanie Strom, New York Times (featuring Victoria Hale of Institute for OneWorld Health plus Andrea and Barry Coleman of Riders for Health)

07.30.06 The Power of Persuasion, by Elizabeth Green, US News(featuring Karen Tse of International Bridges to Justice)

05.23.06 Center for Arts & Tech Inspires Minds, Wood TV 8 (featuring Bill Strickland of Manchester Bidwell Corp.)

05.21.06 A Moneymaking Water Pump, by Ross Perlin, Time Magazine (featuring Martin Fisher and Nick Moon of KickStart)

05.17.06 Kaiser Permanente Building Healthy ‘Green’ Hospital, by Kai Ryssdal and Shia Levitt, NPR Marketplace (featuring Gary Cohen of Health Care Without Harm)

05.15.06 Healthier Hospital Food - by Margot Roosevelt, TIME Magazine (featuring Gary Cohen of HealthCare Without Harm)

05.01.06 Barefoot Is Better: Bunker Roy Says Entrepreneurship, Not Massive Aid Programs, Will Solve Mass Poverty, by Jennifer Vilaga, Fast Company

04.27.06 Green Oscars Team in City to Film IDEI Work, ExpressIndia News Services (featuring Amitabha Sadangi of IDE-India) (.pdf file)

04.12.06 Craftsmen's Guild targets Big Easy - by Andrew Conte, Pittsburgh Live (featuring Bill Strickland of Manchester Craftsman's Guild)

04.06.06 A Love of Science and a Vision to Save Millions of Lives Make Her Day - by Kimberlee Roth, Chronicle of Philanthroy (featuring Victoria Hale of Institute for OneWorld Health)

03.24.06 Huge Cash Boost for Local Charity - Daventry Today (featuring Andrea and Barry Coleman of Riders for Health)

03.20.06 Dr Taddy Blecher: CEO and co-founder, CIDA City Campus - by Alec Hogg, MoneyWeb

03.19.06 Million-Dollar Campus: Low-cost university wins top US award - by Phindle Chauke, Sunday Times (featuring Taddy Blecher of CIDA City Campus)

03.14.06 High-Tech Solution For Afghan Farmers - by Cheryl Jennings, ABC-TV News (featuring Heidi Kühn of Roots of Peace) - pdf document

03.13.06 Personal Perspective: Child Labor Beneath Our Feet - by Louis Freedberg, SFGate (featuring Rugmark)

02.28.06 Base of the Pyramid: Sustainable Business From the Bottom Up, by Robert S. Katz, GreenBiz.com (featuring Martin Fisher and Nick Moon of KickStart)

01.30.06 Jim Fruchterman, CEO of Benetech, and his son Jimmy describe their experiences at the World Economic Forum

01.28.06 Davos Diary: Gillian Caldwell, Executive Director of Witness, reports from the World Economic Forum

01.19.06 Business skills solving social ills - by Guy Robarts, BBC News (featuring Kailash Satyarthi of Rugmark and The New Heroes)

01.08.06 Taking An Offbeat Approach - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (featuring Bill Strickland of Manchester Bidwell Corp.)

12.01.05 Victoria Hale, Executive of the Year: Big Pharmas Don’t Make Many of the Drugs That Could Save Lives in Poor Countries, so Hale Figured She Would – Esquire (fee charged to read entire article)

11.24.05 An Expert on Boomers, In His Prime - Chronicle Of Philanthropy (featuring Marc Freedman of Civic Ventures)

10.31.05 America's Best Leaders- U.S. News and World Report (featuring Bill Drayton)

09.13.05 Martin Burt Bridges the Gap Between ‘Haves’ and ‘Have-Nots’

09.01.05 Web Site for Donors Receives Big Grants - by Nicole Wallace, Chronicle of Philanthropy (featuring Global Giving)

09.01.05 What One Man Can Do - Inc. Magazine (featuring Bill Strickland of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild)

08.21.05 The Coffee Window - Time Magazine by Deirdre Van Dyk (featuring William Foote of EcoLogic Finance)

08.19.05 Private Sector Mercy - New York Times (written by Victoria Hale, founder and CEO of Institute for OneWorld Health)

08.17.05 A Subject for Those Who Want to Make a Difference - New York Times (featuring Greg Dees)

07.21.05 Eric Schwartz Makes After-School Time Count (featuring Eric Schwarz of Citizen Schools)

07.15.05 Books Ripped Up, Fed to Online Library for the Blind - SFGate.com (featuring Jim Fruchterman of Benetech)

06.17.05 Boomers Want to Aid Others: Survey Finds They Envision Retirement Jobs That Do Good - SFGate.com (featuring Civic Ventures)

05.23.05 U.S. Treasury Awards Lenders for Community Development $25 Million Allocation of New Markets Tax Credits

04.14.05 Hale and Healthy: A New Way of Developing Drugs for Neglected Diseases of the Poor World - The Economist (featuring Victoria Hale of Institute for OneWorld Health)

04.04.05 Rugmark Receives Award for Social Entrepreneurship - Home Furnishings News

03.08.05 Social Visionaries Appointed as Visiting Fellows of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Said Business School

01.17.05 Making Databases Work for Clients: College Park Firm Tames Information - Washington Post (featuring GuideStar)

11.11.04 Navigating College Admissions - USA Today (featuring JB Schramm of College Summit)

11.08.04 Making Social Investments Accountable - HBS Working Knowledge (featuring Brian Trelstad of the Acumen Fund)

11.05.04 The Said Business School Welcomes First Social Entrepreneurship MBAS

10.14.04 Supporters Say Venture Philanthropy Still Thrives, Even if Reach is Limited - Chronicle of Philanthropy (featuring Lee Davis of NESsT)

09.04 Going Better on Good Causes - Latin Finance Magazine (featuring Nicole Etchart of NESsT)

08.23.04 The Aspen Seven - Fortune Magazine (featuring Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the Acumen Fund) (.pdf file)

08.17.04 College for Kids with Average Grades, High Drive - Christian Science Monitor (featuring J.B. Scramm of College Sumit)

06.21.04 Said Business School announces new Skoll Director (.pdf file)

The Health Benefits Squeeze: Implications for Nonprofit Organizations and Those They Serve (.pdf file)

PND Connections (by the Foundation Center) features College Summit is in its “ NPO Spotlight”

Helping Hand: College Summit tries to improve education opportunities for low-income students By Karen Breslau, Newsweek

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